This particular night reminded me of one of those epic journeys you read about in novels.

I remember it well... Behind our fearless leader, Darger, we gathered a rag-tag band of followers. Around and around we went, through the streets of Orgrimmar until someone suggested a noble quest: "Let us travel to Stormwind and brazzenly walk across the stone bridge and into the city!" Despite loud cheers and cries of huzzah!, our numbers dwindled along the way, until only the nine were left. But what a brave nine they were! Tales and songs were sung in their names, and to this day, we will not forget the souls that perished, slaughtered without mercy on the cobblestones of the main plaza...

Another silly moment brought to you by Savage Darkness. (Clockwise from left: Mothia, Darger, Anou, Meyana, Pallyblood. Taint was there but he vanished to play his alliance 'toon seconds before this snapshot. Traitor.)

Seeing that the deadline is at the end of the month, and that it can be done using Mogit or WMV, I figured I'd have ample time to join and actually turn in something good (by my standards).

JD randomly chose who the participants would represent, and I got Arathor. Seeing as I had no clue what faction this was (though it is fitting since my main 'toons are all on the realm of Arathor), I did a bit of research and discovered The League of Arathor, which is a PvP alliance faction in Arathi Highlands.

Ok. So. I don't PvP really, I don't play alliance really, and I have never seen this faction really. Hahaha, joke's on me! Luckily, the lore behind the faction we are representing is not necessary to know, other than what their tabard/colors are to create a "Flagbearer", which will not be able to win any medals anyway.

Without further ado... Meet (from left) Qwinn Sparkplug, Verity Dewhurst and Ella Sparkplug, the cheerleaders of Arathor's competitors, live from Trollbane Hall in Arathi Highlands.

"As the games prepare to open, this lively trio cheers on their team from afar so the locals feel more connected and part of the bigger picture. Team spirit is high as the twins shake their sparkle wands, with Verity towering over them, offering prayers of shadow protection and fortitude to the athletes." ~Ezekial Summerset, Channel 12 Stormwind News.

Incidentally, here are the "details" we were handed with regards to this, our first entry:

"The first outfit will be for your country. Well, in this case it’s your
faction and you are creating your “flagbearer”. Upon confirming your
entry, I will randomly assign you the faction you’re representing for
the games. So if you receive Sporeggar, your flagbearer’s outfit would
include their tabard. Let me clarify, though, this is the only
outfit where you’re required to use the colours of your faction. This
is also for appearance only, there’s no medal for this portion of the
Mogolympics."

The rules/details are as follows:

9 competition outfits. At least 5 different races must be used,
never repeating the same gender/race combo (if you use Blood Elf Male
for Javelin, you can’t make a Blood Elf Male for Discus. You could
however make it female so long as you aren’t submitting a Blood Elf
Female in any other event). Your flagbearer combo may be used in a
competition event.

Your event entry must be able to use the outfit as a proper end-game
transmog (so no Gnomes in Shaman gear or Goblin Rogues entering the
discus)

Include the gear you used for each outfit please (the judges can peg
many articles from in-game, but can’t always tell what everything is).

All entries are to be submitted at once. Send the screenshots to @gmail.com

As per Mog Madness, MogIt and ModelViewer entries are welcome.

We’ll reveal three events a week for three weeks, beginning August 12th. Medals will be handed out accordingly.

I have set no criteria for fellow judges (still confirming who the
official judges will be). They will simply give their rankings based on
their own thoughts. However, they’ll not know who they’re voting on (it will be labelled as Outfit D, rather than “Tome,” for example).